Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore; www.ntu.edu.sg) have developed a semi-autonomous robot that can disinfect large surfaces quickly. The researchers are planning to have public trials to support Singapore’s fight against COVID-19. Named eXtreme Disinfection roBOT (XDBOT), it…
Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan; www.shokubai.co.jp) and Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan; www.sanyo-chemical.co.jp) have announced that their proposed business integration has been delayed due to the global outbreak of COVID-19. This integration was planned to establish a joint…
In the second quarter of 2020, Oxea GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, Germany; www.oxea-chemicals.com) tripled its delivery volumes of n-propanol in Europe due to very high demand from manufacturers of hand sanitizers and the printing industry. Oxea is the world’s largest…
As part of BASF’s “Helping Hands” campaign in the fight against the corona pandemic, BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) is donating 100 million protective masks to the Federal Republic of Germany. The company is also donating 1 million masks to…
PPG (Pittsburg, Pa.; www.ppg.com) announced that it donated more than 290 gallons (1,100 liters) of antibacterial interior latex coatings by PPG to Shanghai Tong Ren Hospital. The facility will use the coatings to renovate its medical laboratory, fever clinic, negative…
As it prepares to open its battery materials application center at the science and technology park in Milton Park, Oxfordshire later this year, Johnson Matthey (JM; London; www.matthey.com) has installed 3000-liter cryogenic bulk liquid tanks, which will hold nitrogen and…
Lanxess AG (Cologne, Germany; www.laxess.com) is donating 10 metric tons of its highly effective disinfectant Rely+On Virkon to hospitals, authorities and public institutions in 13 countries around the world. The powder disinfectant is diluted with water on site and is…
Following construction of three other sanitizer plants, Ineos (London; www.ineos.com) announced that it is to build a fourth hand sanitizer plant. The plant to be built in Etian, France will be located to serve the hard-hit hospitals in Paris and…
Industrial manufacturers across the globe are responding to the COVID-19 global pandemic by modifying their production capabilities to produce crucial supplies, including essential personal protective equipment (PPE). Companies contributing their manufacturing capabilities and expertise to provide PPE include Honeywell and…
BASF Corporation (Florham Park, N.J.; www.basf.com), the North American affiliate of BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com), is providing the state of New Jersey and New York with hand sanitizer manufactured at the company’s facility in Washington, New Jersey free of…